It has been 28 years since I left my abusive husband in the middle of the night. I had a bit of money to sustain me for a few weeks, but eventually, I would become homeless. I know what it feels like to live in terror and to flee from it. For each of us, … Continue reading
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The Death of Superwoman
On Friday, an El Paso, Texas high school teacher was found guilty of negligent homicide in the death of her five-month-old daughter, Janay, whom she left in the car for eight hours. Washeka Ives, a former basketball player at The University of Texas at El Paso, had a terrible headache the day she drove to school. … Continue reading
When Guns Speak for the Mentally Ill
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain Anyone who has ever volunteered … Continue reading
A Message To The Church of The Hurting
Originally posted on john pavlovitz:
Everyone you meet is broken. Whether you realize it or not, every single day you rub shoulders with people in great pain. They are among the growing multitude of walking wounded in your midst, many presently laboring as they try to take that most excruciating of steps: the next one. Most of them don’t wear their damage…
Has the World Given Up on Peace?
A quote worth reading from Kendall M. Person: “The word PEACE, neither by design, intent nor choice, has nearly become an abstract term. Used in the literal sense, but often a product of the heart, without an idea, plan or thought of its actual achievement. And while most of humanity would welcome peace on some … Continue reading
We’ve Lost It! Please Help Us Find It. Meow!
My Yahoo News Feed Smells as Bad as Month-Old Kitty Litter. This morning’s online news had such headlines as: 6 Things to Know About Christine Ouzounian, the Nanny at the Center of the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Divorce Click Here for Pictures of Bobbi Kristina Brown in Hospice Tom Brady’s Reaction to Being Told He has … Continue reading
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Did We Mean to Wound the Sparrow?
Where do we go from here, Now that we’ve bruised the hearts Of tender spirits? Spilling blood is not the end for which we had hoped. It changes nothing. The sparrow lies on the grass, His wings torn, His eyes dreaming of Days when he could flutter through the treetops. And yet he still sings … Continue reading
When “White” Becomes A Dirty Word
Austin Channing Brown said this so beautifully, that I am sharing just a bit of her post regarding the murder of nine while they studied God’s Word. Austin Channing Brown “Every time I write about race, someone white says “just know it isn’t all of us,” believing this will bring me comfort. It is offered … Continue reading
Excuse Me, Count Dracula, May I Borrow Your Steak Knife?
Why do we love watching scary movies? The death of golden cinema icon Christopher Lee has me contemplating that question, and wondering if one of the world’s greatest on-screen villains knew the secret of why we watch and kept it to himself, on purpose. After all, with the secret revealed, perhaps in our hyper-sensitive commitment to … Continue reading
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